Army officers report captive aviators held for ransom near border
Officials say armed men hold the American aviators in a remote canyon near the border and will release them only after payment. No word on the scout biplane they flew when captured.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
1
Moroccan Bandits Kill 12 in Spanish Food Convoy Ambush
Paris reports Moroccan brigands led by Rai Suli ambushed a Spanish force escorting a food convoy between Saguedia and Ragaia. Twelve soldiers died and four officers were among the wounded. The attackers reportedly prepare a large trench camp between Tangiers and Tetuan near Fondack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raisuli
Saguedia
Ragaia
Rerisuli
Tangiers
Tetuan
Fondack
Austria Refuses Arrest of Hungarian Soviet Refugees
Vienna reports Hungarian justice minister seeks list and arrest warrants for former Hungarian Soviet refugees in Austria. Austrian reply says they are watched and arrest not needed. extradition only for nonpolitical crimes. Czecho Slovakia denies refugee return and threatens arrest at entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Czecho-Slovakia
Raid stills found in new Birmingham post office basement
In Birmingham Alabama on August 19 two illegal stills were raided in the basement of the new one million dollar post office under construction. One device remained warm from recent operation signaling active use. Authorities recovered evidence and continued investigations into illicit liquor production at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Czech Forces Leave Italy Amid War Return Home
A contingent of Czecho-Slovak forces that fought with Italy during the war began departing Italy for Bohemia, marking their return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Bohemia
U S Food Sale Kicks Off In Chicago War on Food Profiteers
The United States government began a major food price reduction in Chicago, selling army surplus foods through loop stores and posting offices. Thousands crowded stores like the Boston and Riothschilds to buy corned beef beans canned corn cocoa and soups at roughly half usual prices. Meanwhile John E Bunker sugar company head surrendered to the district attorney charged with sugar profiteering in the government crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam
Boston
Riothschild’s
Chicaso
John E. Bunker
Geeral
John F. Campbell Company
Charles P. Clyne
Bunker
Militarized police in Cassel alarm Allies
Semiofficial notes report Prussia forming a state police corps with steel helmets and rifles, organized like a military unit in Cassel. About 300 officers, 100 join the new force, others Civil Service, size of the force not announced. Americans warn this violates the peace terms but hope Allies remain reasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Cassel
Germany
Ehutmannschaft
Prussia
Weimar Assembly Oath Plan Amid Reichstag Title Change
President Ebert will take the oath under the new constitution before the national assembly on August 20. He withdraws the decree designating the assembly as the Reichstag after protests. Germany signals readiness to import American coal for industry despite misgivings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichstag
Weimar
Ebert
National Assembly
Econ
Ics Schmidt
Germany
New York Car Men End Strike After Wage Offer
The Interborough Rapid Transit workers in Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn and Queens voted to accept a compromise ending a two day subway and elevated system strike. The settlement provides a 25 percent wage increase to the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aus
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Wew
British Bomb Kronstadt Defense in Large Air Raid
A Helsingfors dispatch to the Daily Express reports eight British bombing planes attacked Kronstadt near Petrograd. Over fourteen hours the raid dropped tons of explosives, destroying two square miles of area, sparking widespread fire. Three planes crash on return, one pilot killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kronstadt
London
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Daily Express
Louvre to reopen soon after hostilities
Paris reports the Louvre museum, having been towed aside since the outbreak of hostilities, will be reopened shortly. Authorities indicate the national treasure will resume public viewing as conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
Paris
England Faces Peril as Adverse Trade Balance Grows
London reports the British government warns of a worsening adverse trade balance of £800,000,000 ($4,000,000,000) and the impossibility of competing with U S imports. Lloyd George calls for reduced consumption, increased production, and import restrictions to bridge the gap amid war debts and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Sie
Jemier Lloyd George
House of Coalmans
Justice Sankey
United Kingdom
Lloyd George
Great Britain
America
Canada
Russia
Demand for Action on Treaty Delayed in Senate Fight
Senator Hitchcock urged the League to Enforce Peace to press for ratification of the peace treaty with Germany. He said the pact has sat in the foreign relations committee since July 10 with no vote, while public impatience grows as opponents of the League are said to influence the panel. He called for prompt action and criticized delays in the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
America
United States
Liond George
Washington
Hitchcock
Germany
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
League
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
League of Nations
Outlaws Pay Half of 915000 Ransom
A report notes that ransom negotiations concluded with half of the demanded 915000 dollars paid. Details on the parties involved and location remain unclear in the accessible text.
Band Captain Matlock Secures Ransom Release
Marfa Texas August 19 Lieutenant Peterson and Lieutenant Davis aviators held for ransom by Mexican outlaws were released by the bandits. Captain Matlock acted for the American government and brought $15000 across the border. Peterson was delivered first and $7500 paid. Davis arrived later and the payment was interrupted before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Paul BR. Davis
Harold G. Peterson
Candelaria
Tex
el Paso
Eighth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Marfa
Ae Paul H. Davis
Harold AG. Peterson
Joseph ST. Dickman
Lhe
Southern Department
Canria
Téx
Mexico
J. M. Fennell
Marfa Bank
Cadelaria
Maj
C. C. Smith
Avisitors
United States
Big Bend
West Texas
Paul HH
Davis
Marold G. Peterson
Dawkins Kilpatrick
Strathmore
Cat
Mutchinson
Minn
Liettenant Peterson
Evening Journal
Texas
Peterson
Lieutens Davis
Matlock
Troops Cross Border Pursuing Bandits After Ransom Case
American troops crossed into Mexico today pursuing the bandits who seized Davis and Peterson for ransom. Davis and Peterson accompanied the soldiers and will aid in locating the outlaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Marfa
Texas
Davis
Peterson
Washington backs Mexican bandit pursuit under strict orders
The American punitive expedition into Mexico proceeds with full Washington approval and an announced plan kept until aviators are safe. Baker states that the pursuit follows specific instructions from the war department as reported by D. J. Aug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Baker
D. J
Wilson urges Senate to ratify peace treaty to end chaos
Senator Wilson told a relations committee at the White House that Congress should ratify the peace treaty to end chaos. He declared that the trade conditions and postwar order require swift approval to secure stability and a durable world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
White House
Congress
Senate War Treaty Moves Hinge On Timely Vote
Republican leaders push for prompt action on the peace treaty with an aim to report it from the committee within a week or ten days. Delays threaten ratification as the president links treaty approval to reducing the cost of living and ending wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
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